Photograph, 1988-1994, Collection of the U.S. House of
Representatives

GEREN, Preston M. (Pete), a Representative from Texas; born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County,
Tex., January 29, 1952; graduated from Arlington Heights High School, Fort
Worth, Tex., 1970; attended Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.,
1970-1973; B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1974; J.D., University of
Texas Law School, Austin, Tex., 1978; admitted to the Texas bar in 1978;
lawyer, private practice; executive assistant to United States Senator Lloyd M.
Bentsen, 1983-1986; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundredth
Congress in 1986; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress, by
special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United
States Representative James C. Wright, Jr., and reelected to the three
succeeding Congresses (September 12, 1989-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate
for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996; member of the
Dallas/Fort Worth, Tex., Airport board, 1999-2001; Secretary, United States
Army, 2007-2009.